Always Come Back to the Solid Place

Always Come Back to the Solid Place by HENRY J.M. NOUWEN

You must believe in the yes that comes back when you ask, 'Do. you love me?' You must choose this yes even when you do not experience it.

You feel overwhelmed by distractions, fantasies, the disturbing desire to throw yourself into the world of pleasure. But you know already that you will not find there an answer to your deepest question. Nor does the answer lie in rehashing old events, or in guilt or shame. All of that makes you dissipate yourself and, leave the rock on which your house is built.

You have to trust the place that is solid, the place where you cm say yes to God's love even when you do not fed it.

Right now you fed nothing except emptiness and the lack of strength to choose. But keep saying, 'God loves me, and God's lave is enough'. You have to choose the solid place over and over again and return to it after every failure.

總有一個地方是安全的，這種安全是非常享受的。"Solid Place"讓我聯想到"三隻小豬"的故事，在奢華的惡狼帶來的恐懼下，一個堅固地能讓內心充滿平安的職位、同事、團隊、公司都是令人感到幸福的。建造這樣的磚瓦房一定是辛苦的，但可以發揮才能、盡情流汗卻是值得的。

你的工作可以讓你有加高薪的升遷都還不想走嗎? 如果你是主管，建造這樣的團隊環境給你的部屬是你2009年最大的責任；如果你正處於這樣的掙扎，那得要問問在內心最深最深的自己，想定下來的那地方到底在哪裡?!